The surprise is that I have only one vase to offer this week. No, there's no shortage of plant material in my garden. Regardless of what the calendar says, it's spring here in coastal Southern California and there are flowers aplenty. However, I had a very busy weekend so I cut and assembled my arrangement on the run. It didn't help that I lost an hour with the start of daylight saving time either. Despite the rush, I'm pleased with how my vase turned out. It helps that it features one of my very favorite color combinations.
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| Front and center are a Dutch Iris than only just opened Sunday morning and a stem of deep blue Pericallis that I planted last spring. No one is more surprised than I am that the latter plant, sold here as an annual, has survived to bloom another year. |
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| Back view, showing off the yellow Freesia and Osteospermum '4D Silver' |
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| The top view highlights the Dutch Iris. I think I had just a single bloom last year but I already have 5 buds this year. Rain clearly makes a difference! |
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The vase contains: Top row - noID Ceanothus, Coriandrum sativum, and white Freesia
Middle row - yellow Freesia, Iris x hollandica, and Lavandula multifida
Bottom row - Osteospermum '4D Silver', Pericallis (Senetti hybrid), and Ranunculus asiaticus |
As I still have the simple vase of
Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' stems on the dining table, that space is acceptably dressed. (I hate to breakfast alone!). The new vase landed in the front entryway.
For more vases,
visit our "In a Vase on Monday" host, Cathy of Rambling in the Garden.
All material © 2012-2017 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party
